Episode 18: The Aggie Bonfire collapse

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4.2 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2016

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Texas A&M's annual bonfire was meant to symbolize their burning desire to beat the hell out of the University of Texas at Austin's football team. But in 1999, Bonfire never burned. Instead it collapsed underneath the feet of several dozen students working to build the stack at the time, putting all of their lives at risk.

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody. This is Jennifer Matterese. And before I get started, a couple of things. First of all, I'd like to wish everybody who's listening a belated, happy Halloween. It's my favorite holiday of the year. So I hope you enjoyed yours, as much as I usually enjoy mine, watching horror movies all night long.
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